Yes, today was a good day and this is actually a sewing post. I'm afraid to say I am STILL not done with the skull fabric dress yet, but I'm going to kick myself in gear and finish it over the weekend (hopefully). But today we had sowing in school, so a classmate picked me up so I could bring my sowing machine. Our assignement for the day was to make...

A TOTE BAG!

Which was perfect since I have thought of getting a tote bag for long! It was easy and fun, and it made me want to make more of them. This is the result;
Ah, yes. It's a piano tote bag! And it's large so I can fit about anything in it. I know this isn't strictly lolita related, but this bag would do awesome with any future music inspired coords (with Dance of the Black Cat in burgundy for example? <3 I can dream...). Also, it's very sturdy and will probably last for a good while. The red fabric is upholstery fabric. Thick and textured. The white of the piano keys is cotton that's sewn on and the black keys are stamped on with fabric paint. Added to this the whole bag is also lined with cotton.
This is my first tote bag, but it was very easy and I will definatly make more, because this was fun! We also got our exam assignement today, and I'm lucky! The assignement is simply to make one thing we can wear (can be anything as long as it's textile and can be worn on the body) and to make one thing we can carry something in/on. Yeay for assignements with room for personal taste! =D

What about the rest of you? Do you like to sew? And what do you like to make the most? I love to make skirts, but I honestly think tote bags are my new favorite!

Toodles!

Oh my oh my oh my... Long time no see! But now I'm here again! This time bringing you outfit 3 to 5 of the 10 items/7 outfits challenge. So without further ado I think I'll go straight to the outfits.

This has been a pretty boring day... Though since I didn't have anything to do in particular (except the daily exercise that's over and done with), I decided to be a bit crafty! I'm not really very crafty at all. I like to sew and draw, but when it comes to accessories and the like, I have no experience at all... But I had a lot of different small knick-knacks here and there so I decided to whip something up with what I had.

So I fancied up som plain black hairclips I had. Yes, this is nothing more then to attach small cabochons to clips with a hot glue gun, but at least it was fun! And it doesn't take more to make them a little more fancy. But I also decided to make something a little more "challenging".

It's a headdress made out of a rose and rooster feathers! I actually like this a lot. I still haven't found a proper way I can wear it, but that's something I can think of later. The music charms are from a necklace I bought from Etsy a while ago, but it was literally falling apart when I got it, so I decided to put the pretty charms to some use instead.

Anyway... Other then this I got a new blouse today. A black, shortsleeved Metamorphose blouse in chiffon with full shirring and a lot of lace that I bought off the EGL comm sales.It's simply beautiful and I can't wait for a little warmer weather so I can use it!

Toodles!

Hm, this will be harder to write then I first thought... It's weird that. Suddenly one feel one have an idea for a post, one start riding, but then one realize that one don't have that much to say about the matter anyway! So this will probably be a pretty short post. And it's actually not about anything strictly lolita related. It's about exercise. Yupp. You read right. Exercise. Don't mistake that for excorcise as I often do... The latter would be way more fun, though, wouldn't it?

Anyway! As most of you probably know, I'm in the middle of a personal weight loss program. Not that much because of lolita, but more for cosplay and also for the fact that I have realized how increadibly happy it makes me feel when I see results. But the last month I feel I haven't been that good at all. I've been incredibly lazy... But just now I stumbled over Ramble Rori's blog and her latest blogpost. She's also in the middle of a diet and she said she used FatSecret to monitor her calorie intake and what not. Personally I'm not of the kind who wish to count every calorie I eat. I had some girls in my class during junior high who was obsessed with calories to the point it was scary and I do not wish to become like that.

However! What other I found on this site was some weightloss challenges and challenges is something I like. And better yet; One don't have to become a member of any site to follow the challenges. All one has to do is to make a personal plan out from the challenges and keep the process to oneself and those one wish to share them with! What I have noticed from most of the challenges there is three simple things; Drink plenty of water, exercise every day (or 5 days a week) and take the occational long walk. It isn't harder then that.

So my current plan is;

• Spend at least an hour on DDR (dancing pad!) every day
• Do 50 crunches every day
• Do 10 pushups 2 times a day
• Take a long walk at least three times a week
• Drink a lot of water every day.

I will be good to myself and do this and keep track of it. I will write down in my planner the days I will go for a walk and I will make sure to keep track of every excercise I do. Luckily for me I already have the water drinking part down as I don't drink anything else then water. As for the rest... Well, excuse me while I leave for today's walk!

What about the rest of you out there? Are there more lolitas here who wish to loose weight or become more fit? If so, do you have any plans on how to acchieve it? I'd love to hear!

Toodles!

P.S. I also stumbled over this community on LJ: Lolitas for Healthy Weightloss. It doesn't seem to be too active at the moment, but hopefully that will change once the challenges will start again!

WHY do you make me like things I shouldn't like?? ... *sighs* Well, now, I'm usually pretty open minded about a lot. I also do have the feeling that I know myself pretty darn well by now. But sometimes I surprise even myself.

I have never been a big fan of sweet lolita. Most of those who wear it do wear it well, but I definatly feel it's nothing for me to wear myself. All the pastels... All the sweet sweet prints that could make anyone barf rainbows and poop butterflies... The pink afros covered in bows and charms and stars dangling here and there... Sure it's cute! But not for me! But then suddenly I head to Angelic Pretty's homepage and these things hit me in the face.

Why, Angelic Pretty... WHY do you make me like things I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I would like?? I don't even know WHY I like these... But especially the dress... I almost feel I need this sometime. When I have reached my weightloss goal, this would be able to fit me perfectly... *sighs* Well, it doesn't hurt to have some sweet around for the days I feel like being a little more colourful.

Toodles.

So this took a while, but here is the first and second outfit of my 10 items/7 outfits challenge! So without further ado... Here we go!

Here I was trying out a pretty casual and comfortable outfit that could work well for days with school and just a quick trip out to town. I was pretty lucky with this JSK as it came with removable bows and bib which make it very easy to dress both up and down! The hat is an old hat of mine from H&M that I refuse to leave the house without when I'm not in lolita. Necklace and bracelet are both bought from Etsy stores and the tights are off brand.

Would you look at that? Seems like the 14th have become the standard day of the month to upload outfit pictures! Now, I do wear lolita more often then that, but there's no way I'm bothering to take a picture every time I wear it. Since I got my new items, I've been wearing it about every time I have left the house and that makes me so happy! Anyway. Onto the outfit!
Rundown:
Blouse: Surface Spell
Corset: FanPlusFriend
Skirt: Handmade by me
Tights: Offbrand
Boots: Chilli
Necklace: Alchemy Empire

Can you guys tell I love those boots? I feel I don't really wear anything else but them with my lolita! Anyway, this is an outfit I threw together on a whim before I had to go to school today and actually I'm quite pleased with it! Nice and simple for a day in school, and I got a lot of compliments on my skirt and that made me very happy! I do need a new waist cincer, though...I love the one I have, but I have it completely tied in, and still it's actually too big on me. The top half of it sits losely around my underbust and that makes the rest of it slip up and out of place! But next time I will get a proper corset. No matter how pretty the F+F one looks, it's definatly not the best of quality. You get what you pay for I guess.

Anyway, it's Valentines today! ... Usually I draw anti Valentines pictures for this day, but since this is my first Valentines actually having a boyfriend, I thought I perhaps should let it go this year even if he lives far away... Oh well!

Hope you all have a nice day!

Toodles!